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Science assumes that nature is lawlike. Otherwise it would be senseless to make predictions.
by silent_cal 5y ago
Science assumes that nature is lawlike. Otherwise it would be senseless to make predictions.
- ciphol 5y agoYes - I would add that a philosophically-knowledgeable scientist knows that nature does not HAVE to be lawlike. But like you say, the process of science is hypothesizing laws and checking to see if those laws make predictions. So far this process has been very successful.